Welcome back to another episode of the Adam Schaefter podcast.

It is Super Bowl Week, and we have what we believe is a super podcast for you.

Today will be joined by the actor, comedian, host of the NFL honors, and the greatest Detroit Lions fan there might be Keegan Michael Key.

And we'll be joined by ESPN NFL reporter Jeff Darlington for some perspective on the great career of the former Buccaneers and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

And of course, Tom Brady, a part of the news last week when he officially announced

his retirement in the midst of what has been, what I would say, is the longest stretch

of NFL history of craziness.

And the reason I say that is because this has been the most drawn-out coaching search

that we've ever had with all the vacancies still not filled as we head into Super Bowl

week.

This has been the first 18-week season with 17 games per team.

This is with the greatest quarterback in NFL history retiring.

This is with a Monday night wildcar game.

And so usually with ESPN, having covered this league since 1990,

I can always count on catching my breath in late

December and certainly after the divisional playoff round, the second round of the

playoffs, usually the coaching openings are filled. And now it has not been like that. It has not

been anything like that.

Now, in typical NFL fashion, the league has found ways to continue to add on things,

an extra week of the season, an extra day of wild card weekend with the Monday night game.

That doesn't include all the coaching searches and Tom Brady.

And so it has just been a grind.

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